Learn and explore tropical plants with us! National Tropical Botanical Garden offers a broad range of educational programs for all ages and hosts in-person learning at all locations. Choose from in person programing, workshops and webinars, internships, professional development and more.
Join us virtual this fall for more fascinating behind the scenes talks with our scientists, horticulturalist, and researchers who make saving plants and people possible every day!
How well do you know your neighbors? Not the people who live next door, but the plants that live in our yards, our mountains, and along our streams and coastlines? Tropical plants are some of the most threatened in the world and as good neighbors, it’s our responsibility to get to know and introduce it to others who will care for and protect it too. Check out our featured resources below to explore the plants that make tropical ecosystems across Hawaii and Florida unique.
This Series provides students and families with fun and inspirational videos and activities exploring the plants, cultural resources, and people that make Hawaii special.
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Have questions about gardening with tropical plants? Get answers from the experts!
Go nowWe have hundreds of plants from our gardens in our tropical plant database. Each plant can be found in one or more of our five gardens.
Know what you’re looking for? Enter its name in the search box. Just want to explore the world of tropical plants? Use our Explore feature.
March 23-25, 2025 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Campus Center Featuring Keynote Speaker: W. John […]
Saturday, December 7, 2024 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (NTBG Member early-access at 8:30 a.m.) […]
Free Admission | Celebrate Hawaiian biodiversity and our beloved ʻōhiʻa with a native plant sale, local vendors, presentations, and more!
Above: Crabgrass, 2023, series of 50 earthenware vessels by Lee Pivnik Artists Lee Pivnik and […]
At the National Tropical Botanical Garden, we are committed to the biosecurity of Hawaiʻi to […]
Offered on Kauai, May 12-18, 2024 The Hawaii-based National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) is accepting […]
By Jon Letman, Bulletin Editor The Hawaiian flora is comprised of a remarkable variety of […]
Tropical Botany student Jenny Morris taking field notes in Costa Rica. Photo by Danielle Ward. […]
